Friendly warning.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Virginia Beach VA
Friendly warning.
Just a reminder to all of the CF members, particularly who have done mods. Please be careful with dropping temps. A.) our cars love this cool air & 2.) our tires not so much. Temp. dipped just below 50 tonight where I live which is low enough to notice the increase preformance, but at the end of the night after the car had been sitting & tires got to OA temp. a 4500rpm 1st 2nd shift got me way outta shape. This happens every year if your not paying attention & you can get yourself into trouble. Be careful & remember the effects the cool temps have on our cars. Be safe!
Racer
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From: Black Mountain NC
Just a reminder to all of the CF members, particularly who have done mods. Please be careful with dropping temps. A.) our cars love this cool air & 2.) our tires not so much. Temp. dipped just below 50 tonight where I live which is low enough to notice the increase preformance, but at the end of the night after the car had been sitting & tires got to OA temp. a 4500rpm 1st 2nd shift got me way outta shape. This happens every year if your not paying attention & you can get yourself into trouble. Be careful & remember the effects the cool temps have on our cars. Be safe!
Burning Brakes
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Safety Car
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Just a reminder to all of the CF members, particularly who have done mods. Please be careful with dropping temps. A.) our cars love this cool air & 2.) our tires not so much. Temp. dipped just below 50 tonight where I live which is low enough to notice the increase performance, but at the end of the night after the car had been sitting & tires got to OA temp. a 4500rpm 1st 2nd shift got me way outta shape. This happens every year if your not paying attention & you can get yourself into trouble. Be careful & remember the effects the cool temps have on our cars. Be safe!
? How's everything else, Mike? - Lee
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 995
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From: Virginia Beach VA
Funny u shud ask?
All's well, thanks for askin', I trust the same for you, & the car's runnin' better than ever after I completely re-did the SpinFAST mod which let loose. Went back w/ sheet metal patch & JB Weld (slow dry) after talkin to Joe G. & would recommend to everybody. There's no way mine will leak there again.
To "it's fun", yes it is, but remember horseplay is always fun 'til someone puts an eye out! Lol. In our case, it's fun until you put your car into a wall, tree, frontyard, etc.
Just givin' everybody a friendly reminder, so someone may spare themselves the agony of finding out the hard way. I was going deadnuts straight, so those tryin to make on/off ramps more exciting beware!
Last edited by Mike V.; Oct 31, 2010 at 07:12 PM.
50 degrees, stock z06, NT05s.
